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Cities and climate change: how historical legacies shape policy-making in English and German municipalities

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Peter Eckersley

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Abstract

In the nineteenth century, the British Government established municipalities in England for reasons of political expediency, whereas their German counterparts were set up to provide a means of civic representation. These contrasting founding principles have affected the capacity of municipalities to shape their communities in both countries ever since. They mean that English councils have generally acted as functional agents that deliver services on behalf of central government, whilst German councils are more readily viewed as the democratic embodiment of local communities – a position that enables them to exert greater hierarchical authority and shape their communities directly.

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Author(s): Eckersley P

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Politics

Year: 2017

Volume: 37

Issue: 2

Pages: 151-166

Print publication date: 01/05/2017

Online publication date: 05/10/2016

Acceptance date: 29/07/2016

Date deposited: 01/08/2016

ISSN (print): 0263-3957

ISSN (electronic): 1467-9256

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263395716670412

DOI: 10.1177/0263395716670412

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